Streak
[striːk] or [strik]
Definition
(noun.) a distinctive characteristic; 'he has a stubborn streak'; 'a streak of wildness'.
(noun.) a sudden flash (as of lightning).
(noun.) an unbroken series of events; 'had a streak of bad luck'; 'Nicklaus had a run of birdies'.
(verb.) run naked in a public place.
(verb.) move quickly in a straight line; 'The plane streaked across the sky'.
Typed by Camilla--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
(n.) A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
(n.) A strake.
(n.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
(n.) The rung or round of a ladder.
(v. t.) To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
(v. t.) With it as an object: To run swiftly.
Edited by Lester
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Stripe.[2]. Strake.
v. a. Stripe.
Typist: Wanda
Definition
n. a line or long mark different in colour from the ground a band of marked colour of some length a stripe: a slight characteristic a trace a passing mood: (min.) the appearance presented by the surface of a mineral when scratched: a strake or line of planking: a short piece of iron forming one section of a pieced tire on the wheel of an artillery-carriage.—v.t. to form streaks in: to mark with streaks.—adj. Streaked streaky striped: (U.S.) confused.—n. Streak′iness.—adj. Streak′y marked with streaks striped: uneven in quality.
v.i. (U.S.) to run swiftly.
v.t. (Scot.) to lay out a corpse for burial.—v.i. to stretch out.
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Examples
- There was a broad swath in the snow where the man dragged with a scarlet streak along one side of it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And in every one of them is a streak of divinity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Can I streak my paper with words capacious of the grand conclusion? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Cold, colourless, and vague, it sends a warning streak before it of a deathlike hue, as if it cried out, Look what I am bringing you who watch there! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In her treatment of her own people a streak of real cynicism is visible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I saw a streak of light under one of the blinds as I drove up: it's extraordinary that I can never teach that woman to draw them down evenly. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This destruction of Thebes betrayed a streak of crazy violence in the new master of human destinies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His eyes were large and blue, with brown lashes; his high forehead, colourless as ivory, was partially streaked over by careless locks of fair hair. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His black beard, now streaked with grey, seemed to spring out of the waxy flesh of a corpse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Maurice and Justinian were thrown to the ground, and high above, amid the encircling peaks, shot up a mighty column of smoke, streaked with red fire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Light and darkness were struggling together, and the orient was streaked by roseate and golden rays. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No vegetation softened the nakedness of these rugged rocks, which, streaked with green, yellow, and red, presented a singularly forbidding appearance. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- One single white hair streaked her nut-brown tresses; she plucked it out with a shudder. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She made no answer, and he sat in silence, watching her profile grow indistinct against the snow-streaked dusk beyond the window. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Glessen or glasses are flat sectional streaks having an icy appearance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Here and there they were broken with streaks and patches of dusky red, green, and occasional areas of white quartz. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- To be stung by irony it is not necessary to understand it, and the angry streaks on Trenor's face might have been raised by an actual lash. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There is a stain in the fabric of the Temple, deep and foul as that left by the streaks of leprosy on the walls of the infected houses of old. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- His countenance was as pale as death, and marked in one or two places with streaks of blood. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The candle, wasted at last, went out; as it expired, I perceived streaks of grey light edging the window curtains: dawn was then approaching. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She had turned a dreadful colour, the more ghastly under the dark dust-streaks upon her face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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